Post here business you have/are boycotting...

[LynneSin]

I have not bought Pizza from Pizza Hut since December 1992 - that's when they hired Rush Limbaugh as a spokesperson.

I probably haven't bought Domino's pizza for that long of a time too - since I found out the owner was a religious zealot.

Mind you, if someone happens to have bought pizza from those places (without any money coming from me) AND there is nothing else to eat I may have a slice, but in general I have hardly had any since I started boycotting.

I also won't shop at Whole Fields (Owner is a nut job) and Chik-a-Filet (religious nutjob). And I stopped feeding my cats Nutro Cat food when I found out how much money the CEO of the company had donated to George Bush (a shitload).

What companies do you boycott?

[Rambis]

1. Walmart Dominoes Pizza

shop local even though it costs more

[LynneSin]

3. I forgot Wal-Mart! Last weekend was the first time I went into a Wal-mart in over a decade

and the only reason I went - they had this caulk that I really like. I looked everywhere and only Wal-mart carried it. So that was my first visit in a decade and my last for awhile.

[Inchworm]

49. I cried a li'l bit

in my mouth

:yoiks:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

107. Domino's

Is no longer owned by the religious nut job (Tom Monaghan). It's owned by a private equity firm.

That doesn't mean you should buy their pizza (I like mine from local pizza joints), but if that was your only reason to boycott them, the evil douchebag is long gone.

[PassingFair]

2. Whole Foods; Forever 21; Nike; Walmart

Whole Foods because the owner is a douche.

Forever 21 because they print bible verses
on their bags and because they sell cheap
junk imported from 3rd world nations.

Nike for constant violations of human rights
and child labor restrictions the world over.

Walmart because Walmart sucks.

[tishaLA]

127. Forever 21 is also a notorious exploiter of immigrant labor in the US

http://www.pbs.org/pov/madeinla/

[cbdo2007]

4. I don't really boycott businesses.

Sure I won't go back to a restaurant or somewhere if I have a bad experience there but there aren't any places that I boycott for any specific political reason.

It's a free country and I don't really care what people do with their own money. I am happy for people to have different opinions than mine as that's what our country was founded on.

I understand you wanting to make a statement but every day you unknowingly support people who spend their money on horrible, hateful, racist, sexist, stuff so signaling out a few for that reason just seems ridiculous.

[CBGLuthier]

5. Dominoe's nutjob sold out years ago

So you can eat their pizza secure in the knowledge that it is run by a soulless, faceless, corporation and not a religious nutjob.

I imagine it would be easy to find a reason to boycott everything but I tend to stick to personal vendettas.

[LynneSin]

7. Yeah but it's Domino's Pizza - I'm guessing I haven't missed anything but sustaining...

the boycott

That's just my 2 cents!

[petronius]

86. I've been boycotting Domino's too - originally because of the owner but mostly because

the pizza sucks. Knowing about the owner being gone won't change my thinking... :)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

108. As a proud Drop-Out of The Ohio State University....

I don't buy it because Monaghan was a Wolverine -- actually gave a franchise to Bo Schembechler just off campus at Ohio State. When the student body learned of that (a few days before the Ohio State-Michigan game) the building was repeatedly vandalized.

[Kali]

30. ...

:spray: :rofl: :thumbsup:

[bif]

6. Little Caesars

Because I can't stand Mike Illitch ever since he walked away from one of the finest baseball stadiums ever built. I'll never forgive him for that.

[begin_within]

47. Crappy pizza anyway

We bought some on Feb. 14th because they were having a $5 special at a brand-new Little Ceasars for large pizzas (either cheese or pepperoni) and the quality seemed marginal. The crazy bread was much better than the pizza.

[Aristus]

8. I just recently vowed never to shop at or purchase Starbuck's products again.

They refuse to ban gun-packing nut-jobs from their stores in the "shall issue" states. Washington is not one of those states, but why reward such a policy? Until they kick out the gun-crazies, I'm buying another brand of coffee. There are plenty of independent coffee businesses in this state.

What kind of shithead needs a gun to buy a cup of coffee? :shrug:

[jmowreader]

46. It's not for when you're buying the cup of coffee

It's for after--just in case a violent homeless person who has read the menu decides anyone who can afford Starbucks has more where that came from and tries to assault them for their wallets.

[Aristus]

79. Homeless people are more often the victims of violence than the perpetrators.

I know. I've treated the contusions and the supra-orbital fractures...

[jmowreader]

80. Most homeless people are not violent, that's true

Get a guy who needs either food or a fix and feels he has nothing left to lose, and that's a different story.

[begin_within]

48. Horribly bitter coffee

is what keeps me away from Starbucks anyway.

[Dappleganger]

110. It sure is.

My sister sent me a giftcard for my birthday this week and I don't know what to do with it.

[proteus_lives]

76. You love your stereotypes, don't you?

Shithead, nut-job, gun-crazies.

What other rights do you despise? Free speech? Voting? Religion?

[Aristus]

81. What stereotype? A guy swaggering around packing a gun on his hip, and for all intents

and purposes waving in peoples' faces, seems to be doing a hell of a job living up to a stereotype without any help from me.

I have the Constitutional right to burn the American flag. I could do it right out in public, observing all proper fire-safety protocols, of course. I could rub the act in peoples' faces. I could watch with glee while their faces turn red, and laugh at their outrage and offended propriety. But I would never do that. You know why? Because it's a douche-bag thing to do. It serves no purpose other than to piss people off. Just because one has a right to do something, doesn't mean they ought to. Sometimes being a good citizen means more.

Anyway, you proved my point. Gun enthusiasts seem to be easily angered. You think I want to be standing in line at the coffee shop in front of some guy with a short temper and a gun, who's doing a slow-burn because the line isn't moving as fast as he thinks it should?

[proteus_lives]

93. What anger? I'm just pointing out your stereotypes.

"Gun enthusiasts seem to be easily angered" No, that's the antis. Because whenever someones expresses or uses their rights, it seems to send you in a anger/fear spiral.

"You think I want to be standing in line at the coffee shop in front of some guy with a short temper and a gun, who's doing a slow-burn because the line isn't moving as fast as he thinks it should?" Stereotypes yet again. Reality check bucko, you've already stood in line with people carrying guns. How many lines have turned into bloodbaths?

[Aristus]

100. It only takes one time.

Anyway, yet again, I have to point out that people who pack guns everywhere are living up to their own negative stereotype. That's not my fault. If a person can think of no other way to solve problems than with guns, how am I to blame? People yelling and screaming about their rights are less apt to be misunderstood if they collected, for instance, stamps, or coins, or something else that can't be loaded and shot. If you're sporting something that could blow my head off, I'm not going to shy and retiring about it...

[proteus_lives]

109. So you're admitting it's just fear?

I'm not understanding why you're so scared. People have been carrying around you on the streets for years. What you're scared about is criminal behavior. What does that have to do with open-carry or CCW?

"Anyway, yet again, I have to point out that people who pack guns everywhere are living up to their own negative stereotype."

How so? I carry often and I could name a dozen respectable and honest people who do the same. What negative stereotype am I living up to?

I think you've fallen under the spell of Brady propaganda.

[Aristus]

111. Why do you keep saying I'm the one who's afraid? Project much?

Since the day I was born, I have walked the face of the Earth without carrying a deadly weapon. (Except for my military service, where being preternaturally aggressive, bloodthirsty, and well-armed is actually encouraged...)

I was robbed at gunpoint twice when I worked in banking. Both times, gun enthusiasts asked me afterward if I wished I'd had a gun during the robbery. Both times I answered "No." Because I didn't want the perp to start shooting; I just wanted him to go away. The cash was insured; the bank would recoup its assets, and nobody got hurt. Throw a second gun in with a scared teller and a jittery bank robber, and a bloodbath would have ensued...

[proteus_lives]

114. What-if bloodbaths?

Is that all you got? You're still blaming open-carry and CCW for your fear of criminal behavior.

Projecting? Nah, just confirming. I view firearms as a tool I choose to sometimes use. I've never understood why people are afraid of them.

You could use your line of thinking to justify the restriction of any right. That's the sad thing.

[jmowreader]

99. I tell ya, I am very tempted to get a gun and start packing at Starbucks

There's a reason for that: Every fucking time someone asks me to go to Way-Too-Many-Bucks they fuck up my order.

"Black coffee, please." They fuck it up. How the hell do you fuck up an order for PLAIN COFFEE? Pull a cup out of the cup pile, dump some coffee into it and put it on the counter. This is not a complex thing to do, but they can't seem to manage it. And as for the fancy coffee drinks? At Starbucks of Fayettenam, if you want a hazelnut cappuccino with whipped cream and two shots, ask for a caramel macchiato made with tea instead of coffee that contains fifteen shots of espresso, a big squirt of Hershey syrup, and garlic salt sprinkled on the top. (You won't get that, but you weren't going to get the hazelnut cappuccino either so just enjoy the coffee adventure.) So start packing and it'd be like the Cheese Shop sketch: "If you screw this up, I will shoot you in the head." I don't have a pistol, but you can buy one pretty easy.

[insanity]

125. If you're a Sonics fan, then boycotting Starbucks is extra fun!

Oh how I hate thee, Howard Schultz

[lemurian candidate]

129. LOL

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. I was forced against my will to go to Disney World for the first time in my 30+ years

What Disney World did to once-pristine and beautiful Central Florida, and how they did it (as a covert land grab and then getting special exemptions and status from the Florida government) was a true crime. For a good read on the subject, check out Carl Hiaasen's short book, "Team Rodent." You'll never feel the same about mouse ears after reading it.

But the wife wanted to take the daughter there, and after making my stand I capitulated, figuring I had to be there to help out. And let me tell you, even from an objective standpoint, the Magic Kingdom sucks as an amusement park. Most of the rides are old and dated and rather boring to boot. The one adult roller coaster they have there--Space Mountain--is dark and pointless and subpar as roller coasters go. And it's just so ridiculously crowded and poorly laid out, especially whenever they clear out the paths to have a parade go through. Animal Kingdom was a little bit better--at least Everest is a half-decent coaster.

But still, if you are in Orlando and you want to go to a theme park, you are much better off going to Universal Studios, which is light years ahead of Disney in quality of rides and appearance.

I haven't officially boycotted Walmart, but I go there as little as possible. It's made easier that Target is a lot closer to where I live and work.

[sinkingfeeling]

70. Wrong place. Sorry.

[sinkingfeeling]

71. OK. I can't get to the right spot.

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. "Personal" boycotts aren't anywhere near as effective...

.
... as highly organized boycotts (although I have a few of my
own), but organized boycotts can have HUGE positive effects --
some serious human and civil rights gains because of them (or
the fear of them). With them, bad conditions may still remain
bad... but without them, those bad conditions would almost
certainly deteriorate even further.
.
Conservatives tend to belittle them (because they can be
effective when well-conducted), although they do their best
NOW to use boycotts of their own against Left-leaning businesses
(while confirming the substance of their integrity by continuing
to belittle them).
.
I don't go to Chik-Fil-A because of the fore-mentioned religious
nutjob reason, but I DO have to give him credit -- it probably
costs him a FORTUNE to shut down on the Sabbath -- someone
actually following his convictions at the expense of his
personal finances (seems to be a rare lack of hypocrisy from
someone on the Right).
.

[Kali]

31. EXCELLENT points

I try to avoid chains not so much on principle but because of the fun surprises that exploring hole-in-the-wall restaurants and small businesses bring. (granted there can be bad surprises too, but such is life)

Having said that. I'm on my way to walmart right now. Hate the place but Safeway is trying too damn hard to be hip in a dink town and I can't afford the toilet paper anymore. Love the olive bar in the deli but a fucking Starbucks? In the front door of the grocery store? In BENSON?:eyes:

[rcrush]

32. I stand outside of Chick Fil A and complain that they are closed on Sunday!

I want a chicken sandwhich dammit.

[MiddleFingerMom]

34. You have to stop hurting me like that.

.
For a split second there, I actually SAW you in front of a Chik-Fil-A.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
.

[Iggo]

11. Steve Miller.

I know. He's not a company. But I've been boycotting him since the 80's.

[donheld]

53. Why?

[Iggo]

65. It may seem kind of silly, but I felt disrespected as a fan.

I went to junior high school and high school in the 1970's, and The Steve Miller Band features greatly in the soundtrack of my youth for that period. My very most favorite song from them is Space Cowboy. So anyway, back in the early to mid 80's Steve Miller was interviewed for a rock magazine or a guitar instruction magazine. I'd been waiting a month for it, and I was very excited to read it. I grabbed the mag, some Cheez-Itz, and a 40, plunked my money down, and headed home to read the good words. Early in the interview, the interviewer started asking him the questions I'd hoped he would: stuff about my favorite song, Space Cowboy. But surprise, surprise! Now my memory is a little hazy on the exact details but basically, he says he hates that song, won't talk about it, and won't continue the interview if it's mentioned again. I was offended.

I've got a file in my brain called "The Cat Stevens File" where I put artists who put out music that I like, sell me that music, and then try to tell me not to like that music. (In an interesting twist, Cat Stevens is no longer in The Cat Stevens File, as he recently came to his senses.) I put Steve Miller in that file on that long ago day, and there he is still.

See? Kinda silly. But that's how I feel.

EDITED TO ADD: The Cat Stevens File is mostly for artists who've "found god" and have disowned and disavowed some or all of their previous evil product...like Dave Mustaine or that dude from Korn.

MORE ADD: Now that I've written it out and read it, it looks like I felt more disrespected as a CUSTOMER. Hmmm...

[donheld]

92. I guess I have a file of my own

the Eagles have been in it for years. Like you, it's a personal reason, but that's the way it goes I guess.

[1gobluedem]

12. WalMart

I won't set foot in one of those stores ever.

I used to boycott Pizza Hut until they dropped Rush. Domino's is no longer owned by a religious zealot, he sold the company about fifteen years ago.

Walgreens because they seem determined to run all the other drugstores out of business; every time CVS or Rite Aid builds a store, Walgreens pops up across the street (plus they don't sell beer).

Home Depot; their safety record is atrocious.

[HopeHoops]

15. Yeah, but Pizza Hut has ALWAYS sucked. Nasty ass excuse for food.

:puke:

[GoCubsGo]

17. Re: Walgreens and beer

Whether or not they sell beer depends on the state where they are located. I grew up in the Chicago area. We went to Walgreens almost every Sunday after church, and my dad would pick up his weekly six-pack there. They not only sold beer, but also hard liquor. The stores in Phoenix do the same. The liquor section is separate from the rest of the store. Here in South Carolina, they sell beer and wine in the grocery section, but no hard liquor. It's not much of a selection, but they do sell it.

I won't shop at CVS because the last time I went there, I wanted to buy an item that was discounted with a loyalty card. I don't have a CVS card. They did not offer me a chance to get one, as other stores do. I wound up paying full price for it. If they're going to be like that, fuck 'em.

[LynneSin]

18. I hate that damn loyality card - They just opened a CVS near me and I won't shop there

I rarely use my store cards anymore - heck Acme and Shop Rite give you about 95% of the sales they have going on in the store without the card so the other 5% I just skip.

[1gobluedem]

20. Other drug stores in Michigan sell beer so I don't know why Walgreens doesn't/won't

They also don't sell lottery tickets; another staple of Michigan drug stores.

My preferred drug store is Rite Aid but CVS is squeezing them out too. Both Rite Aid and CVS sell beer, wine, liquor, and lottery tickets.

[marzipanni]

40. Our good ol' Longs Drug stores were bought by CVS

Now at check out they scan the CVS card (I have the little key tag one in my wallet), the reusable-bag green bag tag (credit for bringing a bag), and the extra bucks coupon I got on my last receipt for spending money so I'll be sure to come back so I can spend more money in order to save money :crazy:

When I first went to CVS after the takeover I called the phone survey # on the receipt and told them they made shopping a PITA- all that juggling of bar codes, and "get this amount off the next time you shop", when Longs just gave people sale prices on the spot.
They were pushing the CVS cards for a while before the switch- I'm surprised they didn't ask if you wanted to fill out an application.

[blueamy66]

78. You'd really be amazed

at how much money you can save at CVS with that card and coupons.

If you have time to do your homework, you can get ALOT of free stuff every week and not ever spend more than $1.

And then you can donate the unneeded items to charity.

[GoCubsGo]

101. That's if you can get a damn card.

My point is that unless one got it right after they opened the store here, there don't seem to be any opportunities to get one now. At Kroger, if you tell them you don't have a card, they have a stack of them next to the register. Not so at CVS. I would shop there if they would give me one of their damn cards. But, since they won't...

[blueamy66]

106. Oh, I misunderstood.

Call corporate.

[KamaAina]

89. Supposedly Walgreens is about to roll out beer and wine sales

parents in hoity-toity Palo Alto are all het up about this somehow leading to underage drinking, which of course has never before existed in the home of Stanford. :sarcasm:

[HopeHoops]

13. Any and all things Nestle (Carnation, Contadina, Libby's, etc), WalMart, Pizza Slut

The reasons for WalMart are too numerous to list.

Pizza Slut ran the anti-Clinton ads using Hillary as their target (1992 election) and their sauce fucking sucks anyway.

The Nestle boycott goes back to at least 1987, whenever I found out about their "nurse maid" practice to get poor women in third world countries to believe their formula was superior to breast milk by sending in sales people dressed like medical professionals. They claimed to stop it, but I saw evidence that it is still going on no longer than two years ago. In a nutshell, they provide just enough free product to get women to dry up and become dependent on the formula. Because it is so fucking expensive, they typically stretch it out and are often using unclean water to mix it with. They are responsible for countless deaths from malnutrition alone.

Nestly owns Carnation, Contadina, and Libby's and I check the damn labels on almost everything to see if there's any hint that it is a Nestle product. If it is, I don't buy it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. I am right there with you on Nestle!

They make me sick. As a mom who nursed both my own daughters, I especially take offense at their practices towards 3rd world moms.

And the other problem with Nestle is that they keep grabbing up other smaller companies.

Damn them to hell.

[GoCubsGo]

14. None, but...

I avoid some because their products suck: e.g., Domiblows, Pizza Slut, most chain restaurants, Walmart. Or, their products don't fit me properly: e.g., Nike, The Gap, Old Navy. Or, they cost too damn much: e.g., Starbucks, Nike, Whole Foods/Earth Fare. Or, walking into their store raises my blood pressure to unhealthy levels withing 2 minutes of walking through their doors: Walmart. AFAIC, the few pennies one might save on the one or two items they have that might have "extra low prices" are not worth the bad mood I am put in after dealing with the blocked aisles and brain-dead shoppers (among other things)there.

As for cat food, I stopped buying Nutro when I stopped buying any food that has corn, soy or wheat in it. Cats are not cattle, so I will not make mine eat meat-flavored cattle feed, which is what most major brands are.

[GoCubsGo]

42. I take that back.

Until Kit Kat stops running that godawful commercial withe the chomping people, I will not buy their product. It's disgusting! It makes me want to throw a brick through my TV.

[Kali]

66. my cats eat corn, wheat, barley etc

when the eat the whole rodent}(

[Tikki]

16. Not so much boycotting....just have never been...

to a Wal*Mart. Never felt the need to go there...



Tikki

[HERVEPA]

19. Mallwart, Exxon, Dunkin Donuts (owned by Carlysle Group)

[LynneSin]

22. Carlysle Group owns Duncan Donuts

That is wrong on so many levels of wrong!

[bikebloke]

21. Domino's

I'd boycott Wal-Mart if I knew there was one around. But then I never looked.

[hippywife]

23. Walmart and

and locally any businesses owned by the fundies such as Hobby Lobby.

[hunter]

24. I boycott everyone and work back from there.

Nobody deserves my business. I don't care what Consumer Reports says 'cause I'm doing my best not to be a consumer. It's amazing what you don't need once you decide you don't need it. There are endless opportunities to recycle things, make things from junk, and grow things.

If I don't eat meat I don't have to worry about the quality of the hamburger.

[Parche]

25. any business in Delaware....

:rofl: :hi: :hug:

[Deep13]

26. Sprawlmart.

They're just bad. Also Autozone since they discriminate against same-sex couples in their employee benefits.

[av8rdave]

27. Wal Mart, Fox News (to include their newstands in airports), McDonalds

Wal Mart & Faux News are self explanatory. McDonald's because their food and their service suck.

[gmoney]

28. I avoid Wal-Mart/Sam's Club, but support Domino's

Doesn't the Domino's guy want all the fundie nut jobs to move to SC (?) and start their own little rogue state or something? For some reason, I support that mission...

In general, I try to support local businesses rather than big chains, but for some purchases that's nearly impossible.

I choose Lowe's over Home Depot, mainly because I hear Home Depot doesn't use local labor or suppliers when building their stores. And that Lowe's is more "blue" -- and I like the stores better. But I'll try to hit my local hardware store first, or maybe the Ace first.

[Throd]

29. It's not pizza and it's not a hut.

[SoxFan]

33. Theo's Pizza

A local place. The owner is a world-class jerk. Sent me a bunch of emails insulting my wife and threatening my friends, had his employees call me at 1 AM, leave weird notes on my car windshield, slandered me in the local paper. Real class act.

[MiddleFingerMom]

39. Uh-oh! You know what THAT means, don't you?

.

.

[ccinamon]

35. Walmart, Sears, MCI, Chem-Lawn

Walmart...shitty business and employee practices
Sears - rude to me when I applied for a credit card 32 years ago
MCI - threatened me with a lawsuit over a phone bill for I number I hadn't had in 3 years (18 years ago)
Chem-Lawn - because they lied to me (16 years ago)

Yes, I hold grudges, ask my sister...I didn't talk to her for 12 years (she lied to me)...I am currently civil to her, but she has been ugly too me several times now, one more time and she is on my permanent ban list.

[LanternWaste]

36. Damnably tough for me... the NFL until Vick is gone.

Damnably tough for me... the NFL until Vick is gone.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

63. I passively "boycotted" the NFL during its13 year period screwing of Baltimore.

I followed it loosely, watched some playoff games and the Super Bowl, but didn't have any team allegiances, especially not towards the Washington Redskins, whom the NFL desperately tried in vain to shove down Baltimore's throats as "their" team and thankfully failed miserably at doing so. I actually followed the Canadian Football League closer than the NFL during the two years that the Baltimore Stallions played in the league.

Baltimore lost all rights to the name and history of its beloved Colts, was used as pawns for any owner wishing for a new stadium, was passed over for two less experienced and smaller markets during the expansion derby, and commissioner Paul Tagliabue once insinuated to Baltimore fans that the city should use the lottery money set aside to build a new stadium to build a museum instead.

But after the Ravens came to town, I let bygones be bygones. And boy was it sweet to watch Tagliabue hand over the Lombardi Trophy to the Baltimore Ravens. :)

(Okay, TZ now you can respond. I know you are chomping at the bit...:P )

[geardaddy]

38. Wal-mart, McDonald's, Nestle

CVS Pharmacy, Dominoes.

[triguy46]

41. The ones that have sponsored rush limpballs:

Pizza Hut, (that is easy, their pizza sucks compared to locally owned), Dominos (anti woman hate filled organization, a tool of the pope), lumber liquidators, snapple, select number beds.

[LynneSin]

104. snapple sponsers Rush Limbaugh

:cry:

I love my snapple but principles are principles

[taterguy]

43. Coors, until they gave it away after a 45 mile charity bike ride I did a few years ago

Boy was that a test of my "principles"

I really, really wanted a beer.

I don't feel too guilty since I didn't actually buy it but I did drink plenty of it and enjoyed it.

[GoCubsGo]

60. I don't buy Coors for the same reason I don't buy Miller or Budweiser

Or, Corona. There are far too many good beers out there to waste my money on swill. Of course, if it's free, and I just finished a 45 mile bike ride... Last summer, I spent 10 hour days in a South Carolina swamp--in chest waders. I was so dehydrated from sweating that the only thing that would hit the spot was a lightweight beer. But, I gravitated toward brews like Rolling Rock and Yuengling light. I just couldn't bring myself to buy Coors/AB/Miller.

[femmocrat]

44. Hershey's candy.

They moved their production from Hershey PA to Mexico.

Also most of the ones mentioned here. Also Old Navy because of hassles with their credit cards.

[LynneSin]

105. Wow - I didn't know my brother-in-law and his family moved to Mexico?

Here I thought he was working in the Hershey Plant in Hershey still.

[femmocrat]

122. Here's a link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=367x7130

I read about it on DU a long time ago though. What products are still made in Hershey?

[LynneSin]

126. ALL OF THEM

He's at the Reeses Plant but all of the chocolates are still made in Hershey

[LearnedHand]

45. Walmart, SteinMart

Walmart because of the usual. SteinMart because I had a horrible experience in one of its stores -- the store was at fault -- and the manager refused to apologize to me, even when I directly said he owed me an apology. He flat refused, and I said not only would I never darken the door of a SteinMart again, but I would spend the rest of my life campaigning for people to stop shopping there.

On edit: The SteinMart incident was in 1990, and I've held my vow all this time. I may not have done any good, but I've made my voice heard.

[NNadir]

50. I boycotted Kraft foods and other Phillip Morris companies after cigarettes killed my father.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

51. Nationwide Insurance.

I had homeowners insurance. They paid my bills just fine after Hurricane Ike.
I moved into another house and rented out the one in Houston.

This happened in January of this year:
I called up the agent and explained that I needed insurance on the house in Houston, but I was NOT living there, and am leasing it. The stupid female did not understand that I needed "dwelling/fire" insurance, NOT homeowners.

Then I told her I had to insure my other house that I moved into. She asked me how old it was. I said 1882. She said, "Oh we can't insure that, it's too old".

I wrote the head agent a letter about how stupid the girl was, wrote a letter about their stupidity to corporate and have gotten NO response.

Also told them who I switched my insurance to, and noted that they had lost future business on TWO houses.

IDIOTS! :banghead:

[Kali]

67. oh yeah those bastards

thanks for the reminder, need to call them. AGAIN.

I have been trying to find out HOW to file a claim with them for over 4 month. Gee wonder how long it will take to actually collect?

[sinkingfeeling]

73. Who's insuring your 1882 house? I'm having trouble finding somebody for my 1858 home.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

87. American Modern Home Ins. Co.

Agency is Threlkeld & Co. in Tyler.

[sinkingfeeling]

97. Thanks.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

52. If I didn't shop at Walmart I would have to drive 80 miles to buy general stuff.

I have to drive 20 miles to buy food as it is. wallyworld or Kroger, and often Kroger does not have certain items.

Target is 80 miles away. Not gonna do that once or twice a week, sorry.

I boycott all pizza chains because I am allergic to tomatoes and do not eat pizza.

[donheld]

54. Chick fil'a

[Lindsey]

55. Walmart, of course. I was boycotting Whole Foods but the

CEO was forced to resign because of his wingnut ways. I mean who in the Hell did he think his customers were? Hello....the liberal and socially conscious folks. I will now go to Whole Foods if I need to. What an idiot that guy was. I'm glad he was forced to resign.

[Kali]

68. eh, there are plenty of greedy repuke wingnut "health" nuts.

they love all the same woo shit as ignorant lefties. Lack of science education in this country knows no political boundaries.

[hippywife]

96. Ahem.

'scuse me?



:P

[Kali]

116. there is healthy and there is woo

woo can be fun but usually it's just expensive

I know plenty of rightwingers that shop at whole foods/sunflower market/trader joe's stores. The stereotype that customers are all left leaning treehuggers is way wrong.

[hippywife]

117. You are correct about who shops where not being

limited to one side or the other. I can bear witness to that. But there are very good and compelling reasons I buy from local farmers rather than at the grocery. And why some fruits and veggies I won't eat any other way unless they are organic. And some personal care products I won't use for health and environmental reasons.

I may be a lefty treehugger but I am no one's idiot as was implied.

[Kali]

119. but I wasn't talking about you!

(I think) I'm talking about woo, not real food issues and choices based on real science and ecology. I'm talking about things like pyramids and crystals and fake "Native American" cultural rip-offs. Magic "juices" and single food weight-loss diets.


here is a pretty good definition I found, and while I admit it (and I, to an extent) is judgmental about people with these beliefs it nevertheless is not a "spirituality" exclusive to the left:

Woo-woo (or just plain woo) refers to ideas considered irrational or based on extremely flimsy evidence or that appeal to mysterious occult forces or powers.

Here's a dictionary definition of woo-woo:

adj. concerned with emotions, mysticism, or spiritualism; other than rational or scientific; mysterious; new agey. Also n., a person who has mystical or new age beliefs.

When used by skeptics, woo-woo is a derogatory and dismissive term used to refer to beliefs one considers nonsense or to a person who holds such beliefs.

Sometimes woo-woo is used by skeptics as a synonym for pseudoscience, true-believer, or quackery. But mostly the term is used for its emotive content and is an emotive synonym for such terms as nonsense, irrational, nutter, nut, or crazy.

[JCMach1]

56. Walmart, Chic-Fil-A, Dominos, State Farm

[AsahinaKimi]

57. Dominos Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Quiznos

It was hard giving up KFC, but the way they treat Chickens, I can not eat it anymore.
I am boycotting Quiznos because of a TV ad I saw once. It was an ad that showed a Quiznos employee putting a submarine sandwich in a city garbage can to see how many people would go into the garbage and eat it. This rich guy dives into the Garbage Can while knocking a homeless person out of the way to get to it first. I thought that was terrible, and will never eat there EVER!

[PassingFair]

58. Quiznos has the worst ad campaigns of any business advertising.

Seriously.

I do NOT need sexual innuendo on my sandwich.

They need to realize they are not selling beer
or they will go out of business.

[blue_onyx]

69. It may have been a bad campaign but...

their food is even worse. I ate there twice. The first time, I got a turkey sub and it wasn't good. The second time I went, I got a steak and cheese sub. It was so horrible that I threw it away after 2 bites.

[Quantess]

74. KFC and Taco Bell for the way they treat their chickens.

Taco Bell and KFC are both owned by "YUM Brands" and use the same tortured chicken meat.

I don't miss them. KFC is kinda gross, and Taco Bell is overrated.

[DainBramaged]

59. Exxon haven't bought gas from them (or a Mobil since the merger) for a generation.

[RockaFowler]

61. Nautical but Nice

It's a local Stuart FL nautical store. We used to love it, then I walked in there 3 weeks ago. They had pictures on the wall of the President in "white-face" - that awful picture. Then there was a bunch of Tea-Bagging information. My husband said I looked so upset. I told him we will never step foot in their door again or buy anything from their freeper-asses again. He understood once he saw the picture, the tea-bag stuff and the other freeper garbage there. WE decided to go to the Port St Lucie Shell World place. I have no idea what their political affiliations are, because they don't blatantly show it off for everyone.

[Broken_Hero]

62. The whole city of Noel, MO

that's about it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

64. Seacrets bar/club of Ocean City, Maryland

I'd rather going into major detail, but it employs the biggest ego steroid freak fascists as its bouncer staff as possible. Plus as a club it sucks, sucks, sucks.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

77. Is that the one with sand on the floor?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

103. Most likely.

It had all sorts of fake tropical stuff around, which looked ridiculously out of place in the cold of December (when I was there).

[sinkingfeeling]

72. Exxon/Mobile for decades and Wal-Mart and Coors.

[LiberalEsto]

75. Exxon - Domino's - Wal-Mart - Republicans

Sam's Club.

Probably a number of other things, but offhand I can't remember what they are. I've been boycotting for so long that some things have become second nature.

[SeattleGirl]

82. WalMart, because I don't like the way they treat their employees,

especially their employees injured on the job.

I'm a vocational rehabilitation counselor and have had some cases with WalMart and Sam's Club. They are AWFUL in how they treat the employees. They are so bad that a few years ago, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries pulled their self-administered status, and they NEVER do that. L&I now oversees their claims because WalMart was doing such a horrible job of it.

[BlueIris]

95. Woah. Scary story. nt

[datasuspect]

83. Hypermegaglobalcorp

[Terra Alta]

84. Dominoes for one.

Not for any political reasons but because their pizza tastes like cardboard.

I was boycotting McDonald's, but I tried one of their new Angus burgers today and it was actually pretty good.

It's kind of hard for me to boycott Wally World, though, considering I work there.. lol. I know they understandably get a bad rap here, but they've actually treated me pretty well in the five years I've worked there.. especially in 2007 when I was going through so much shit.

If there is any company I boycott for political reasons it would have to be NewsCorp. Which reminds me, I really need to get around to deleting the MySpace account I haven't used in months...

[JonLP24]

98. With everyone here boycotting Dominoes I'm kind of scared to say this

but I tried their new pizzas from those ads they've been airing lately and they are actually very good. Much better than before.

[lutefisk]

85. Hanna Andersson

Ever since the company started manufacturing in China while keeping up the Swedish/European pretense (and prices).

[Capn Sunshine]

88. Rush (Inc.)

I fucking hate libertarians.

[KamaAina]

90. Sprawl-Mart, Coors

no Sprawl-Mart near me anyway. Coors sold out to Molson, but it's still like having sex in a canoe, if you receive my drift.

[XemaSab]

91. Exxon and Wal-Mart

n/t

[BlueIris]

94. Whole Foods, Walgreens, Dominoes Pizza.

That's about it. I broke down re: WalMart after my family bought its tenth cat. Kitties have to eat.

[hamsterjill]

102. Locally, the San Antonio Zoo and Sea World

The zoo, because of it's treatment of the elephant, Lucky. See:

http://www.voiceforanimals.org/freelucky.htm

If you haven't already signed the petition to Free Lucky, it would be appreciated.

As to Sea World, the reasons are obvious.

[TK421]

112. Sports Authority and Walgreens....worked at both of those shitholes

refuse to spend a dime in either one of them

Long story

[Happy Hippy]

113. Starbucks

Citing the fact that Starbucks charged September 11th rescue workers 130$ for water and refused to apologize until the story broke in the M$M. I haven't purchased from them since.

[Akoto]

115. Can't keep me from Chick-fil-A, no matter how nutty the owners are. n/t

[DarkTirade]

118. Porche will never have my business.

Their anti-cheap-bastard ways offend cheap bastards like me.

[mvd]

120. I've been boycotting Dell Computers

Too much money to Repukes. Also will not subscribe to the Philadelphia Inquirer as long as John Yoo is there.

[southerncrone]

121. Wal-Mart & Home Depot

[bullwinkle428]

123. (Breathes sigh of relief)...my employer is not listed amongst the boycotted!

:party:

[nini]

124. my family hasn't bought Union 76 gas since 1948

:-)

They busted my dad's union there when he was on strike and to this day I won't go there to get gas. Add to that the f'ing teamsters crossed his picket line which helped break the strike. Assholes

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